Understanding Credit Reporting Agencies
June 28, 2008 – 2:06 pmCredit reporting agencies maintain electronic records of your credit activities. Today, there are three major national credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian and Trans Union. If you are planning on applying for a loan or credit anytime in the near future, it’s a good idea to obtain a copy of your credit report.
Several different credit reporting agencies exist, and different creditors can prefer to work with specific ones or with all of them. While many people know that credit reporting agencies exist, they may not be sure as to exactly what services these agencies perform.
What all this means is that you have to be aware of the state of your finances, and especially know what credit score you have. And just like the banks, you can get this information from a credit reporting agency. You can go through the agency to purchase a copy of your credit report. This is a document that provides details about your credit history and your record of payments, and it basically gives you an idea of how your creditors will see you as a loan applicant.
To find a credit reporting agency, you can simply go online and do a web search for the term “credit agencies.” This will give you a list of results that will probably lead you to one of the three major credit agencies in the USA. These would be the Equifax, Trans Union, and Experian agencies. They are the ones who are responsible for calculating your credit score and providing your credit report to banks and other lenders.
Alongside of the compiling of reports from creditors, the credit reporting agencies are also responsible for generating your credit score so that potential lenders and creditors can try and determine how much of a credit risk you may be. Your credit score has the potential to change with each positive or negative report that is received and placed into your file… positive reports can improve your score, while negative reports bring it down.
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